Nunnelee said in a statement after the vote that out-of-control spending is the reason the country is $16 trillion in debt and the deal adds to the problem.

“Allowing more revenue today and promising to look at cutting spending down the road is the oldest trick in the Washington book. Somehow, the day to cut spending never comes. I cannot support a deal that adds to our spending-driven debt crisis,” he said.

Palazzo said the bill added almost $4 trillion to the deficit, contained minimal spending cuts and passed without the support of many House Republicans.

He said the bill “sets the stage for the next crisis by only taking care of two months of sequestration. This may be a deal, but it’s no solution.”

“I think the bill … was the result of an honest effort to come together to find a solution to our fiscal cliff problems. But along the way, some lost sight of the goal: real spending cuts, meaningful tax reform and a pro-growth agenda that will help get our struggling economy back on its feet. Congress has grown so accustomed to kicking the can down the road, that government doesn’t know how to operate any other way,” Palazzo said in a statement.